I made Helen soak herself in the hot water in order to take away any chill she may have managed to bring on in the chilled water of the ocean. She giggled and laughed as I scrubbed her clean and then dried her off as well as possible. I swaddled her in a clean blanket and sat with her before the fire, brushing her hair as it dried. I didn't realize ( Read more... )

School was the same as usual, Ziva spent most of the day with whispers behind her back about the whole Jericho fight thing. Several cheerleaders were spreading the rumor that she had "come out" and was officially a lesbian now. Ziva had actually laughed out loud when she'd heard Jenna Whitmore telling Maddie Clemens that.

After school she and Justin ( Read more... )

Ok all, I'm sorry I haven't updated stories in forever, I'm just having a lot of trouble here lately keeping a thought in my head for more than a few seconds at a time. I have a tendency to hum non-stop and "drift" mentally now too, so it makes it very hard to concentrate, but I'm really trying. And every once in a while, a stray thought will pop ( Read more... )

Caution: Hot wolf sex. Will cause light sweating, lip biting and could cause weak hearts to cease beating

Jacob loped through the forest, listening to the sounds of the earth around him. He thought of Catherine and felt a sudden flair of desire. She had no idea how much he wanted her, to be with her, to be inside her. He felt the familiar tightening ( Read more... )

When Ziva woke in the morning, she felt better. She wrapped herself in her grandmother's quilt and made her way downstairs. Arabella sat in a chair reading the newspaper, a cup of coffee cooling on the table. Ziva walked like a zombie to the fridge and pulled out a toaster pastry and popped it in te toaster. While that toasted, she pulled a carton ( Read more... )

I don't know how long i kneeled there, weeping. Suddenly I heard laughter and giggles. I looked up, my face streaked with silvery tears, my eyes blurry from crying so long and so hard. Something was riding along the waves. I slowly got to my feet, grasping Helen's shawl in my white-knuckled hands.

Then I saw it, a cap of long, glossy black hair, ( Read more... )

I swayed dizzily and Lord Breckon was beside me in a second. He conjured a chair from nowhere and sat me down in it. Helen was crying and he shushed her. "I'm alright, Helen. Just some new magic I'm not used to."

Lord Breckon looked at me strangely. I just gave him a look that told him I would tell him later. My head finally cleared and I looked ( Read more... )

I awoke with the Dawn, watching the sunrise through the window, enjoying the slight chill in the air on my skin. When the sun had finally risen, I began to dress. I unbound, brushed, and rebraided my hair. Lucy arrived as I tied the braid off with an elastic I'd found in my bag. "Good morrow, Lady Asya." She placed the tray of food she carried on ( Read more... )

Ziva woke, stiff and sore, and covered in her grandmother's quilt. She snuggled deeper into the warmth and then opened one eye to find her mom asleep, slumped over on the chair next to her. She sighed and sat up, feeling like every vertebrae in her back popped as she stretched. She pulled herself into a sitting position, leaving the blanket to pool ( Read more... )

He was able to move before I was. He conjured a robe out of midair and tossed it at me, and I quickly wrapped it around myself. "Pardon, Lady Asya. I did not realize you were in a state of undress."

"Did you need something, Lord Breckon?" I asked, slightly annoyed at the intrusion.

"I just wished to ask what your father spoke to you about?"

I finally ( Read more... )